Birds of Bristol County, Mass* 
F. W. Andros. 
Branta bernicla (Linn.), Brant. Migrant, 
tolerably common. 
O.&O. XII. Sent. 1887 p.138 
jYstrtcd. 
Two fine specimens of tile Brant from Capt. Gould 
reminds us that the Granting season is now in its 
i prime. 
0^0. XIV. Apr. 1889 p.63 
A Few Spring Notes from Monomoy 
Island, Mass., i8go. 
Brant shooting at Monomoy this spring has 
been good, better than for several seasons past. 
The birds arrived early owing to the mild¬ 
ness of the winter and for the same reason 
they did not linger about as long as usual, the 
latter part of the migration force leaving April 
j 17 tli’, fully a week or ten days earlier than 
I former seasons. The weather was not violent 
enough to split the flocks up but this was 
offset by an influxion of young birds which 
always insures good sport. April 14 th and 
15 th were exceeding line days for shooting, the 
wind blowing very fresh on shore, which caused 
I the birds to swing in over the boxes as the 
flood tide drove them from their feeding 
grounds. 11 . was reported that seventeen Brant 
were stopped at one discharge by a member of 
the Monomoy Club. _ 
O.&O. - ^—X.p.M-67 
